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Adjective troubling has 1 sense
- distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying - causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
Antonym: light (indirect, via heavy)
Verb trouble has 5 senses
- disturb, upset, trouble - move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
--1 is one way to affect, impress, move, strike
Sample sentence:
The bad news will trouble him
- trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
--2 is one way to affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
--3 is one way to disturb, upset, trouble
Sample sentence:
The bad news will trouble him
- trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself - take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"
--4 is one way to strive, reach, strain
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- afflict, trouble, ail, pain - cause bodily suffering to
--5 is one way to hurt
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
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